Christmas in Two Infographics

Christmas in Two Infographics

Since we’re in an infographic mood here at HackCollege (and since I’ve had nothing but free time for the last few days–family vacation…), I went hunting for some fun, Christmas-y infographics.

The Christmas season, as it turns out, is full of incredible and odd information and statistics: Oregon sells 6 million Christmas trees every year?!?!? Fake trees are WAY more expensive than the real ones??!?! Weird, people.

So, in the spirit of sharing, here are two awesome infographics that sum up pretty perfectly the Christmas season (click the image to enlarge them):

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